John Waterloo Wilson (1 September 1879 – 15 March 1940) was a Dutch sport shooter who competed at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He was born in

Bennebroek Bennebroek () is a village and former municipality in the northwest Netherlands, now part of Bloemendaal, North Holland. Before its merger, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands, covering an area of only 1.75 km². History Ben ...

and died in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. In 1908 he finished fourth with the Dutch team in the team trap shooting event. In the individual trap competition he finished seventh. The city of

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

has a street named Rue John Waterloo Wilson after his grandfather

John W. Wilson John Waterloo Wilson (May 16, 1815 – August 12, 1883) was a Belgian art collector who lived many years in Haarlem. Wilson was born in Brussels as the son of the British industrialist Thomas Wilson, whose factory in Ukkel-Stalle had been damag ...

, who left 27 paintings to the City of Brussels.Expo on an English patron of the nineteenth century in the Costume Museum
1995 article in Le Soir

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list of Dutch shooters
1879 births 1940 deaths Dutch male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Netherlands Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Trap and double trap shooters People from Bennebroek Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-sportshooting-bio-stub